Sustainable development and innovation in the energy sector
[Electronic Resource]
/ Ulrich Steger ... [et al.]
Berlin
: Springer,
, 2005.
xii, 267 p. ill. 24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-261).
Problem definition, tasks, procedure and derivation of recommendations for action -- Terminological and conceptual foundations -- Normative criteria for evaluation and decision-making -- Towards a sustainable energy system -- legal basis, deficits and points of reference -- Potentials for the sustainable development of energy systems -- The reality of sustainability: conflict of aims in the choice of instruments -- Strategies for accelerating sustainable energy innovations -- On the political enforceability of a sustainable innovation strategy -- Responsibility for the "energy hunger: of the developing countries - how sustainable energy innovations can help.